On June 28, 2002, Provost Loren Crabtree announced that the first session of summer school would end on June 28, instead of on July 3 as scheduled, because of the failure of the state legislature to pass a budget bill. State law requires that a balanced budget be in place by the start of the … Continued

Agricultural students who lived in the dormitory on the UT Farm formed the Budweiser (or Lager) Club in 1899. Because the yearbook was to print pictures of student clubs, this and a good many other clubs appear to have been formed for the purpose of having pictures of members included in the Volunteer.

Dr. Calvin Buehler (pronounced beeler) accepted a position at the university in 1922 in the Chemistry Department. He was named head of the department in 1940 and served in that capacity until 1962. During his term (1944), the university implemented the PhD in chemistry (authorized in 1943) for work on campus in Knoxville—the first PhD … Continued

The College of Business Administration, through Professor Al Auxier, first established a relationship with legendary investor Warren Buffett in 1999, when 25 students and Auxier flew to Omaha for a two-and-a-half hour visit with Buffett in what would become an annual opportunity for students. When the 2003 group visited him, they gave him a copy … Continued

On December 1–2, 1967, UT held a demonstration for progress, which the institution named a “build-in.” The two-day demonstration involved groundbreakings, dedications, toppings out, and other construction milestones on 10 new projects that totaled more than $35 million in capital outlay. More than one hundred state officials and other dignitaries took part. Governor Buford Ellington … Continued

In January 1930 the All Students’ Club made a number of suggestions for improvement, among which was the installation of directories containing the numbers of the classrooms and offices of faculty in all buildings. The directories were installed later in 1930.

In fall 1951 UT instituted a uniform sign system for all campus buildings, showing the building name and the primary academic area served by the building. Physical plant workers made the signs, which were low brown signs with an inverted arch in the rounded top, on which off-white letters were painted. In 1967 Paul Arthur, … Continued

Roger Mineal, a civil engineering professor, was surprised to find Joe, the life-sized, fiberboard angus bull that perched on top of Sam and Andy’s Deli on Cumberland Avenue for more than 40 years, in a laboratory in Perkins Hall during the first weekend in May 1980. The professor called UT Police, who arrived and removed … Continued

The first academic building for which the entire funding was the result of a donation ($4.6 million) came from the estate of alumnus Dr. William W. Burchfiel Jr. The building is named for his father, W. W. Burchfiel Sr., who earned the bachelor’s (1940) and the master’s (1941) degrees in geography at UT. He earned … Continued

In October 1988 the seven-member panel charged to select the recipient of the 1988 Burger King Distinguished Service to Education Award ($10,000) chose UT President Lamar Alexander, based on his support for education as governor of Tennessee and his chairing of the national Governors’ Association’s education survey and report. Burger King President C. Ronald Petty … Continued